The genetic and molecular basis of congenital cataract

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-142

  Santana, Alessandro ^a   Waiswol, Mauro ^a  

^a IRMANDADE DA SANTA CASA DE MISERICÓRDIA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blindness etiology; Cataract congenital; Crystallins genetics; Gammacrystallins genetics; Genes; Molecular biology; Mutation

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; EYE PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

CATARACT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; REVIEW;

AQUAPORINS; CATARACT; CONNEXINS; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 79961101097     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492011000200016     Document Type: Review

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